Mitten-fastener



B. C. CHRISTY.

MITTEN FASTENER. APPLICATION man 1AN.23,1919.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

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BLANCHE e. cHarsrY, or'cHIcAeo, ILLrNors,

MITTEN-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

Application led January 23, 1919. Serial No. 272,631.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, BLANCHE C. CHRIsTY;,

a citizen of the United States, residing at` Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulMitten-Fasteners, o f which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for preventing the loss of childrensmittens. Various contrivances have heretofore been devised for thepurpose and according to one of them it has been customary to fasten themittens to a long tape passed up through one sleeve of the coat and downthrough the This has the disadvantage that it does not positivelyprevent the loss ofthe mittens, because the tape is not actuallyfastened, and by drawing one of the mittens through the garment, bothmay be removed and so be lost. Another disadvantage is that the tape isapt to slip farther down in one sleeve than the other, thus making thearrangement unhandv and irksome. Furthermore, there is no give to thetape,-which hampers the child in its play. The object of my invention istoprovide a device which will always hold the mittens in proper positionand at the same time be stretchable so that the child in swinging itsarms will not feel a binding sensation, which is always unpleasant andmakes the child object to the u se of such a device. Another object isto provide a device which may be readily at- 5 tached both tothe garmentsleeve and to the mitten and which when attached will exhibit a neatappearance. In carrying out my invention the fastening devices are toall intents and purposes blind, being practically invisible when in use.Another object .of the invention is to devise, in a device of thischaracter, a Wristband which may be used to tighten the wrist portion ofthe `mitten close about the wrist of the child for Vkeeping out snow andcold air. According to my invention this wrist-band is an integral 'partof the device and is adjustable so that it may be tightened to thedesired. de-

gree.

I attain my objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a general perspective view showing therelation of the device to the coat and to the mitten.

Fig. 2 is a general perspective showing the appearance and position ofthe device when the mitten is on the wearers hand.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device itself, and

Fig. 4 is an edge view of the connector and fasteners. l

Like reference numerals denote like parts throughout the several views.

In my device the connector 1 consists of elastic tape which underordinary circumstances is about two and a half or three inches long. Itslength is great enough to afford a perceptible degree of stretching soas not to hamper the free movement of the arms of the child; at the sametime it is short enough to render it possible to reach in readily fromthe outer end of the sleeve and attach or detach the connector to orfrom the sleeve 20. At the inner end a fastener is secured, thispreferably being in the formof a -safety pin the back or bow 2 of whichlies against the outer-surface of the connector and is held there by theturned-up end 3 of the connector. bow is) secured by means of parallelrows of stitching 4 lying on either side of it and extending at rightangles to thelength of the connector.

At the outer end of the connector is a braid or tape 6 which ispreferably non-stretchable and is arranged at right angles to theconnector. The advantage in using an inelastic tape for the Wristband isthat it doesv not interfere -with the circulation at the wrist. The bandmay be drawn tight enough to hold the mitten close and yet there will beno binding action in the sense that would be true if elastic tape wereemployed for the purpose. The connector is secured to the wrist-band byfolding the outer end of the connector backward over the band as shownmost plainly in perspective in Fig. 3. The resulting return bend orinfold 7 not only overlies the inside of the wrist band but alsooverlies the back or bow 8 of a safety pin as shown. The parts are heldassembled by parallel rows 9, 9 of stitching which extend at rightangles to the connector and hold the pin halfway between the two edgesof the -wrist-band. It will be evident that as a result of thisconstruction, the pin will be invisible when the device is in use.

The size of the Wristband is made variable by means of a slip buckle 11,the center bar of which is fastened to the backturned end 12 of thebraid. This forms a loop which In the present case the lpasses through ametallic loop 14. The op? posite end of the wrist-band is adapted topass through loo 14 and to be secured to itself by means o the twocoperating parts 16 17 of an ordinary snap fastener.

lVhen the device is to be worn, the inner end of the connector 1 isfastened to the inside of the coat sleeve by means of the pin 2. Asthepin lies between the connector and the fabric of the'sleeve it is,practically speaking, invisible. The next step is to fasten theconnector and Wristband to the mitten by means of the pin 4. For reasonspreviously described this fastening element will also be invisible whenthe device is in use. After themitten has thus been fastened to the'garment, the mitten is slipped over the hand, after which thewrist-band is applied, thus holding the wrist portion of the mittenclose This device is of particular utility for' infants and youngerchildren. It renders it practicable -to keep the mittens at all timeswith'the coat, whether the latter is being worn or not. When the properposition of the-connector in the sleeve has once been I found the devicemay be left there, thus making it unnecessary to apply and remove thedevice every time the coat and mittens are worn. Furthermore, it makesit very easy wrist portion.

forthe childs hand to be inserted or withdrawn from the mitten for tworeasons. li'irst, as 'the' connector is elastic the mitten may betemporarily pulled down to bepassed over the end of the hand, afterwhich the elasticity of the connector will pull the mitten up to theposition where itshould remain. Second, as the Wristband may be soreadily clasped and unclasped, it is 'not necessary that the mittenitself have a tight-fitting 'lhe mitten may be large at `the wrist andyet it will bel made tight by he wristbandas soon as the latter is apied.l .Y

t will be understood that the device may be modified in minor detailswithout departing'from the spirit of the invention. For

example, the ends of the Wristband may hook together or other means maybe provided for clasping and unclasping the ends.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

A mitten retainer comprising a wrist band, a connecting strap secured tothe wrist band by passing one end across the outer face of the wristband and then returning the same across the inner face of the band, amitten. attaching element held against the inner faceof the band by theportion of the connector lying across the same, and a fastening devicecarried`by the free end of the connector. In witness whereof, I havehereunto subscribed my name.

BLANCHE C. CHRISTY. v

